Tag: Aerospace
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Space Talent puts jobs at Blue Origin, SpaceX and elsewhere in one big database
Blue Origin has more than 600 job openings nationwide. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are often at odds, but there’s at least one place where those two space-industry rivals are on the same page: the newly unveiled Space Talent job database. The search engine for careers in…
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Seattle-area electric aircraft maker Zunum Aero facing financial trouble after reported layoffs
This artist’s conception shows two potential configurations for Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric planes. (Zunum Aero Illustration) Zunum Aero, a Bothell, Wash.-based startup building hybrid-electric planes backed by investors including Boeing and JetBlue, is facing financial trouble and laid off a majority of its staff, according to recent reports. The Seattle Times reported this week that the…
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Hermeus wins seed funding for hypersonic aircraft, with former Blue Origin president as adviser
This artist’s conception shows Hermeus’ hypersonic aircraft. (Hermeus Illustration) Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. says it’s won some high-profile seed funding for its effort to develop aircraft capable of flying more than five times the speed of sound The startup’s advisers includes Rob Meyerson, the former president of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture in…
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Billionaires leave space legacies: Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen join ‘Legends of Aviation’
Two Seattle billionaires, Jeff Bezos (left) and the late Paul Allen (right), will be honored for their contributions to aviation and space next week at a Beverly Hills awards ceremony. (GeekWire Photos) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has racked up another round of recognition for his role on the space frontier: Next week he’ll be inducted…
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg lays out his vision for space airplanes and aerospace traffic system
GeekWire’s Alan Boyle listens to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg during a fireside chat at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire) A decade from now, Boeing will still be primarily known as an airplane company, the company’s CEO says. But some of the things we’ll call airplanes might be what we’d…
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From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg grew up on a farm in Iowa. (Boeing Photo) Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys to Mars. But to lead the way, the 102-year-old company’s CEO, chairman and president turns to the values he learned from his…
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Economic report lays out strategies to boost Washington’s $1.8B space industry
Hardware is spread across an assembly area at Blue Origin’s production facility in Kent, Wash. A new report names Blue Origin as Puget Sound’s largest regional employer in the space industry. (Credit: Blue Origin) A newly published economic report estimates the space industry’s contribution to Washington state’s economy at $1.8 billion and 6,200 jobs in…
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Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation
An artist’s conception shows Millennium Space Systems’ Altair satellite. (Millennium Illustration) News Brief: As promised, Boeing has completed its acquisition of California-based Millennium Space Systems, a provider of small-satellite solutions. Millennium, which has about 260 employees, will operate as a subsidiary of Boeing Phantom Works. When the acquisition plan was announced in August, Boeing said…
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Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes
Stratolaunch’s swept-wing hypersonic testbed would be propelled by a rocket engine. (Stratolaunch Illustration) Stratolaunch Systems, the aerospace company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’s exploring the development of a series of rocket planes that would serve as a testbed for hypersonic flight. Stephen Corda, Stratolaunch’s senior technical fellow for hypersonics, presented the concept…
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Blue Origin and other aerospace ventures offer ‘Brookie’ fellowships for women
USC engineering student Maddie Koldos interned at Blue Origin this summer as a Brooke Owens Fellow. (Brooke Owens Fellowship Photo) News Brief: The online application window has just opened for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program, which offers paid internships for undergraduate women at 30 aerospace concerns, including Amazon Prime Air, Blue Origin and Stratolaunch in…